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Looking After Your Wooden Hot Tub

Don’t believe the scaremongers. Wooden hot tubs are not difficult to maintain. Douglas fir is an extremely durable timber and requires no preservatives, though some people like the look of Danish oil on the outside. It’s a myth that they inevitably go all green and slimy. This only happens through neglect.

Follow these simple steps and you’ll still be bathing in the same tub in 20 years time:

• Keep your hot tub full of water
• Change the water every week (every 9 weeks if using a filtration kit)
• When you drain your hot tub, rinse it down with fresh water before refilling
• If you’ve left it too long between changes and the water has started to go green, empty then brush down surfaces with a very light detergent while still wet and rinse thoroughly
• No need to use bleach, or any fungicidal treatments
• Put the lid on when not in use for long periods
• Do not let the water in your hot tub freeze.
• In winter, keep the tub full and fire up every now and then (it’s amazing having a hot tub when there’s snow on the ground!)
• Or, if you’re not going to use it at all over winter, cover it and wrap well with greenhouse insulation. (We’ll explain how to do this.)

That’s all there is to it.